win98 cannot read xp FAT32 partition

[Damien Cymbal]

I have a hard drive partitioned in 2 partitions, both formatted as FAT32.
Win98SE installed to C:, WinXP Pro installed to D:

I can boot either system and XP can read the C: drive, but every time
Win98 boots it feels the need to run a scandisk and cannot read the D:
drive (again, D: is FAT32, it is *not* an NTFS partition).

I ran a Knoppix LiveCD just to get a 3rd opinion and it mounts both
partitions as FAT32 and can read/write to both.

Any reason why Win98 cannot read a seemingly normal FAT32 partition? Is
there a drive size limitation on Win98 (this is a 185gb drive).

Thanks.

dc

 

[Al Romanosky]

Regarding "every time Win98 boots it feels the need to run a scandisk
....." - default behavior is for 98 to run scan disk following a problematic
shutdown.

 

[Guest]

I believe Win98 has a drive size limitation of 137Gb.

 

[Alan Smith]

I have a hard drive partitioned in 2 partitions, both formatted as FAT32.
Win98SE installed to C:, WinXP Pro installed to D:

I can boot either system and XP can read the C: drive, but every time
Win98 boots it feels the need to run a scandisk and cannot read the D:
drive (again, D: is FAT32, it is *not* an NTFS partition).

I ran a Knoppix LiveCD just to get a 3rd opinion and it mounts both
partitions as FAT32 and can read/write to both.

Any reason why Win98 cannot read a seemingly normal FAT32 partition? Is
there a drive size limitation on Win98 (this is a 185gb drive).

Thanks.

dc

You'll be better going to the 98 newsgroup, there are a lot of knowledgeable
people there.

 

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| I have a hard drive partitioned in 2 partitions, both formatted as FAT32.
| Win98SE installed to C:, WinXP Pro installed to D:
|
| I can boot either system and XP can read the C: drive, but every time
| Win98 boots it feels the need to run a scandisk and cannot read the D:
| drive (again, D: is FAT32, it is *not* an NTFS partition).
|
| I ran a Knoppix LiveCD just to get a 3rd opinion and it mounts both
| partitions as FAT32 and can read/write to both.
|
| Any reason why Win98 cannot read a seemingly normal FAT32 partition? Is
| there a drive size limitation on Win98 (this is a 185gb drive).
|
| Thanks.
|
| dc